Background

Mr. Tony Espinoza has been Chief Executive Officer of CouchSurfing International Inc. since April 2012 and serves as its Director. Mr. Espinoza served as the Vice President and General Manager of Social Gaming at Viacom Media Networks since July 2010. Mr. Espinoza Co-founded SuperSecret Inc. in 2006 and serves as its President. Mr. Espinoza served as Vice President, Products & Services of Kontiki Inc. Prior to Kontiki, Mr. Espinoza served as Vice President of the When.com ... group at AOL, where he built and launched the most successful productivity services on the Internet: AOL My Calendar, Netscape WebCalendar, and CompuServe Calendar. Mr. Espinoza co-founded ActiveSite, where he was responsible for developing product strategy and Web services for clients such as Microsoft, Netscape, and Bank of America. While leading brand management at Diamond Multimedia, he launched award-winning multimedia and Internet products including Stealth 3D Accelerators and Supra Modems. He has created all sorts of useful and popular programs, working for companies like Electronic Arts, Apple, IBM and Diamond Multimedia. He started a bunch of his own companies, including When.com (along with Ted) and SF Soundworks. Mr. Espinoza began his career as an Engineer at Advanced Technology Group of IBM developing cross-platform distributed applications. He has extensive experience in startup strategy and execution, including product design and development, operations, and world-class talent recruitment and development. Mr. Espinoza serves as a Member of Executive Advisory Board of Kontiki Inc. He studied Computer Engineering at Stanford University.

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